Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02

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farusahly sEtnafas 90 onF en- propertl
neax tAe aspos for al kinds e FaitrpAi
zn9 minfna uofk
MaAAa EBozEK3s 1u1Es-
| IL EsSs Robert and rsasr Morss
starsnd : n sdhins rspeirina sAop n I
snail buiinirR 90 Xesses's wharf. TEE
/ 4Ere hvsk good rpachfnists and practi
eaf engineers. Tkese qaAliffez, a6dsi
20 ssr0ur arns ani frdeuitshfe plaek
we're shsif cspifsl stock il trade. Ties
fprospefed fron tie start It's old shoE
nslpd no wfsh tools and nsehinsFy and
wua soon too small TIE erm lsaAeed
Enunnd On Mil street, q kandEad yards
e8sf Of their cd shop. axd On the SAcrs
Line road, whsFe they baiit large two.
gtogy b1ildinR. fro1sinz ea Nil strees.
In the frent q the drst Tor i kepf .
fuli and coEnPisse 4soek 81 mlH and -
gineer's supplies. fittings Of ali kinds.
brass aud Irun pipe. and in fact aRea-
eFRl supply store fer enEinsers Back
of tbs ssofe room Il Tie msskize shop.
wAsFs f300oo worth of foeis are kegs IN
motion By ten meeaanscs, turning out
al kinds u Karine engine work. and
machiRs york Of ali descriptions Ths
firu make 4 apeeislfy Of DuildinR sud
repairing marine engines, and enjoys q
very large trade in THAI line. often times
having half dozen steamers On their
haH d a. ous time. New tools are can-
stantiy being edded, and facilities for
farming ont york Increased.
ALMOND q PMILEps' FOUNDER.
In September. 1855, O. II. Almond, an
experienced pattern maker. and w. r.
Phillips. flrst ciass maehinist, entered
into eopartneFship 10 carry on . gen
eral nashine and foundry business IN
Seattle. They 6rst leased the fs1ndRy
connected With the Seattle Iron works,
bus after q faw months the quarters be-
came too small and they leased the
large founary on Froat street. From
tue start their business has baen GOOD.
SURPRISING their most sanRuins expec
tasions. They turn cot al kinds Of
iron and hrass castings, for usills. steam
boats and railroads. They make q
specially Of foundxB business, and lob
has never come into the shop which
they have net got away with. During
the year just closed they have made
over 5o00o pounds Of good castings,
and have paid out IN that tine Tor labor
nearly 81. 1000. Thsir work is Of gen
erai miscellaneous nature and comes
from all over the sound. They have
turned out work fer ths Washington
Mil Company AZ Pogt Hadlock, the vari-
Gus mills Of the PaRet Mill Company, Q
great deal Of work for the Port BlAksly
Mil Company, thu Pueet Sound 4
Gays HaFbor Railroad Company, ths
spring HUI Water Company. and many
Other frms and companies too numeF- |
Gus to mention. Anything in the f0nndry |
line can be done as well and as cheaply |
By this hrm as By any foundry on the |
Coast.
TEE RAILROAD SHOP.
In speakinz OF the raiiroed machine
shop Mr.. Miner said: 1--WE only EN-
ploy mechanics enough 10 do our own
work. We have two mea in the black
smith shop and six IN the machine
shop, and do the general repairiBg for
The road"
SEATTLE BoTLER WORKS.
These works are located en- Yezler's
wharf. Geo. Kelly, sn experisnesd boiler
maker, Is proprietor He has facilities
for turning cot all kinds of marine or
sagmill boilers. tank and boiler repair
inR, oF anything elsa in his line of bust
ness.
SEATTLE SOAP WORKS
Early lAst spring two young men Of
Ihia city. MessFs. Il. n. Hopkins and o.
3, Russell, formed a es-partnership.
under the hfm name of ths Seattle
sc4P Company. and fitted no the large
gfi mill building at the foot Of Seneca
street IS hrst- class soap factory, for
10 MA. ufaotars Of toilet, laundry and
soaps. Az drst the neW CON-
pany met with msRy disadvantages and
drawbacks, on account OF the opposition
from San Francisco manufacturers and
he PFejndiae against home manufae-
Jared soap. All these obstacles they
have overcome, aud are now competing
for the trade Of Western
Washington aud British Columbia, with
California manufacturers. Besides soap.
tas company does q large business liz
ialiov. rOsin, ammonia, borax. sal soda
and other soapmaker's supplies, a large
stock Of which they carry. The firms
soap il sold as rapidly ~
they make 1t. and particularly popular
are the brands, Western Queen SavoD,"
Electric" Golden BoFsx, Excelsior
Bleaching" "Chemical Olive" Seattle
Soap Cempany's Savon," American
Notified Castillo" "Palm," ''ffauspa-
rent Glyci rine, "Oscoa1us Toilet" and
"Tyee shaving" The present capacity
Of the factory is Only twelve tons per
month, but the company is prepar-
ing to increase the capacity 20 sixty tons
per month, In view of the early cJmple-
q f,k 49,
mountains which will open up a vast
market fer the goods of this Company.
Iheir Western Queen Saves" and
Electric are both MAIDS after the most
improved formulas aud method, aud
lead all other brands in popularity. The
company will reach out for the Eastern
Washington trade, and keep . man in
that section constantly, after the CON-
plstion OF that road. Farmers are nov
finding il to their advantage 10 bring
their tallov and grease into the factory
and exchange il for money or soap, iust
a. they CHOOSE. The company take all
that comes, and pay half a cent per
pound more than Portland or San Fran
cisco prices. They can afford TO do
thai on account of their superior fAciii-
ties for manufacture, cheap rent, and
cheap transportation.
SEATTLE FEKD Mills.
During the past fall an expaFienc
miller named J. II. Walker, same 70 Sc
at le from Oregon, where be has fol-
lowed h01r ami feed manufacture for
The past fifteen years. for the purpose Of
starting feed mill, intending. as soon
as the necessary arrangements can be
made, 20 build q first class grist mill
here. Mr.. Walker IL q ssh In Law Of
Major Thomas Chairman, of Oregon
City, who. With others will be iateFested
vith him in the Qrist mill enterprise.
The feed mill runs regularly, turning
out foe brands Of corn meal, graham
6our and ground feed. The present
mill IL In one Of Amos Browns build
in on the line Of the water trent rail
road. Mr. Walker states that fall wheat
fsoun on the Sound makes "a exeellsut
brand Of Hour. while Puget Sound
grown oats are the best In the United
States. both ~ 10 qnantity OF yield per
acre and quality Of the grain. He says:
n visited Wnidby Island last week and
found iass 80 good uhsa, on the island
~ . raised in either Oregon 81 Eastern
Wgzhinetou. and there IL no reason why /